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Dark humor appealed to me because it was a bigger laugh than you could get with anything else. Seeing people laugh at something inappropriate with their whole bodies, a guttural, visceral laugh beyond a mere hah.

Anthony Jeselnik

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Anthony Jeselnik
Age: 45
Born: 1978
Born: December 22
Comedian
Screenwriter
Stand-Up Comedian
Television Actor
Television Producer
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Anything
Mere
Body
Bigger
Whole
Laughing
Guttural
Something
Beyond
Appealed
People
Humor
Visceral
Seeing
Inappropriate
Dark
Bodies
Else
Laugh

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